UYO — Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno has declared a total state of emergency in the education sector. Speaking at the state's World Teachers' Day celebration at Uyo Township Stadium, he announced a N50,000 wardrobe allowance for each of the state's 20,000 teachers and N500,000 for each of the 1,776 registered private schools. He said 2,000 more teachers will be recruited, in addition to the 1,000 recently hired. A review team led by the Deputy Governor and the Commissioner for Education will oversee the emergency. Eno said the state had paid a N15 billion SUBEB matching grant, improved more than 100 schools and paid WASSCE and NECO fees for 172,000 students. He also named Prof. Philip Afangha as Vice-Chancellor of Akwa Ibom University of Education.